Danbury inmate pleads guilty to possessing contraband

John Faucher, 41, had been found with a “object designed or intended to be used as a weapon” in March at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.

U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill is scheduled to sentence Faucher on Oct. 3. Faucher will face an additional prison sentence of five years maximum. He is serving a 46-month sentence for robbing a bank in Manchester, N.H. in October 2016 and attempting to rob a convenience store in Manchester in September 2016.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Anastasia E. King is the prosecutor.